Stephen Valiquette

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Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
217 lb (98 kg/15 st 7 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 New York Rangers
New York Islanders
Edmonton Oilers
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born August 20, 1977 (1977-08-20) (age 30),
Etobicoke, ON
NHL Draft 190th overall, 1996
Los Angeles Kings
Pro career 2000 – present

Stephen Valiquette (born August 20, 1977) is a Canadian goaltender for the New York Rangers organization of the National Hockey League. On March 3, 2007, he won his first game in the NHL in almost 3 years. With the departure of goaltender Kevin Weekes to the New Jersey Devils, Valiquette is now the full-time backup to Henrik Lundqvist. When Valiquette made his playing debut he was the tallest goaltender to ever play a game in the NHL.[1]

On January 31, 2008, against the Philadelphia Flyers, Valiquette got his first shutout of his NHL career. Ten days later, on February 9, he would repeat this feat in a 2-0 win, also against the Flyers.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ News Archives. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
  2. ^ Maaddi, Rob. "NY Rangers 2, Philadelphia 0", Associated Press, 2008-02-09. Retrieved on 2008-02-09. 

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